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University of Oklahoma Athletics
OU Baseball Heads to WVU This Weekend
April 27, 2017 | Baseball
April 28-30 | Granville, W.Va. | Monongalia County Ballpark
Oklahoma
25 West Virginia
| Weekend Pitching Match-Ups | ||
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| First Pitch | Oklahoma | West Virginia |
| Friday 5:30 p.m. CT | RHP-Jake Irvin (5-0, 2.13) | RHP-BJ Myers (3-2, 3.66) |
| >>>Last Start | Kansas (4/21): ND, 3.15 H, 4 R | at K-State (4/21): ND, 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R |
| Saturday 3 p.m. CT | RHP-Kyle Tyler (0-1, 3.62) | RHP-Alek Manoah (0-0, 2.88) |
| >>>Last Start | Kansas (4/22): L, 5.0 IP 3 H, 4 R | at K-State (4/23): ND, 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R |
| Sunday 10:30 a.m. CT | RHP-Devon Perez (4-2, 4.21) | TBA |
| >>>Last Start | Texas Tech (4/1): L, 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R | N/A |
| Oklahoma Sooners |
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 Record: 28-15 (6-6 Big 12)Coach: Pete Hughes (4th Season) Career Record/Years: 645-483-3/21 Rank: RVUSA/N |
| West Virginia Mountaineers |
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 Record: 24-15 (9-6 Big 12)Coach: Randy Mazey (5th Season) Career Record/Years: 329-273-1/11 Rank: 25BA/N/26CBN/RVUSA |
| On the Air | ||
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| Stream | WVUSports.com Dan Zangrilli Ernie Galusky |
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| Radio | KREF 1400 AM TuneIn Radio App Toby Rowland |
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| Player to Watch |
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 CF-Steele Walker, So.Walker is hitting .373 over the last 19 games after blasting his sixth home run of the season and driving in four runs on three hits to beat Kansas on Sunday. |
SOCIAL FEED
FIRST PITCH
The University of Oklahoma baseball team readies itself for Big 12 play for the remaining 12 dates on the regular season docket beginning with a three-game series at West Virginia. The Sooners visit the Mountaineers for game one at Monongalia County Ballpark on Friday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. CT. The entire serise can be heard across the Sooner Sports Network and will air locally on Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM. Voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland will have the call for all three games. A free video stream will be available through WVUSports.com.
ABOUT THE SOONERS
Oklahoma snapped a seven-game losing streak with a come-from-behind, 7-6 win over Kansas on Sunday. The Sooners move into the final week of April at 28-15 overall and 6-6 in the Big 12. Sophomore center fielder Steele Walker moved to the top of the OU roster with a .358 batting average. He also leads the Sooners with a .574 slugging percentage, 39 runs, 41 RBI, 11 doubles and six home runs. Walker homered and drove in four runs, including the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth to beat the Jayhawks. Senior catcher Renae Martinez is second on the team with a .354 average and .531 slugging percentage. He has scored and driven in 28 runs with eight doubles and five home runs. Senior right-handed pitcher JB Olson returned to the OU bullpen this past weekend for the first time in nearly three weeks. He is 3-0 with a 1.20 earned run average and six saves. In 30 innings across 19 appearances, he has struck out 34 batters. Starting on the hill, Oklahoma looks to sophomore right-hander Jake Irvin in game one. He is 5-0 with a 2.13 ERA after making his return to the OU rotation last week. The Sooners follow with sophomore RHP Kyle Tyler (0-1, 3.62) and junior RHP Devon Perez (4-2, 4.21). Last week, Tyler made his first start since March 4 and Perez will make his first since April 1.
THE FORECAST
| Projected Starters | |||
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| OU Lineup | BA/OBP/SLG | Notes | |
| LF-Cade Harris | ,207/.200/.400 | Started first game in left field Sunday vs. Kansas. | |
| 3B-Jack Flansburg | .239/.395/.299 | 17th in the country with 34 base on balls. | |
| C-Renae Martinez | .354/.426/.531 | Hit third in each of the last six games. | |
| CF-Steele Walker | .358/.432/.574 | Homered and drove in four runs to beat Kansas (4/23). | |
| 1B-Austin O'Brien | .304/.367/.513 | Hit 14th career home run at Michigan (4/14). | |
| DH-Brylie Ware | .319/.403/.356 | Second on the team with 12 multi-hit games. | |
| RF-Ben Hollas | .296/.453/.417 | Reached base in career-high 18 games in a row. | |
| 2B-Kyle Mendenhall | .260/.356/.415 | Two game-winning home runs in Big 12 play. | |
| SS-Brandon Zaragoza | .255/.340/.277 | Started 32 consecutive games at shortstop. | |
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS
West Virginia, which picked up a win over ACC foe Virginia Tech on Tuesday, reached the polls this week and enters the weekend at No. 25 with a 24-15 overall record and 9-6 mark in the Big 12. Center fielder Brandon White is the Mountaineers' top hitter at .359 with a team-high 12 stolen bases. First baseman Jackson Cramer has hit a team-leading seven home runs and driven in 31 runs. On the bump, WVU will throw RHP BJ Myers in the opener. He is 3-2 with a 3.66 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 66.1 innings pitched across 10 starts.
ALL-TIME VS. WVU
After five meetings in 2016, the all-time series between Oklahoma and West Virginia is tied, 8-8. Since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 in 2013, the series is still tied at 6-6 in regular season competition. The Sooners won the first-ever meeting on March 10, 2012 in Eugene, Ore. at the NIKE Showcase. No. 16 Oklahoma beat WVU, 6-2, behind a complete-game form Dillon Overton.
| Next Home Game |
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 Oklahoma vs. TCUMay 12-14 | Norman, Okla. The Sooners play their final home series of the season against TCU on May 12-14. Oklahoma will celebrate its 1951 National Championship at the Friday opener with a '51 style hat giveaway. TICKETS |
LAST TIME THEY MET
West Virginia pitchers held Oklahoma to just one run in its two losses at the 2016 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City. The Mountainners took the opener, 6-0, and eliminated the Sooners on Saturday, 11-1 in seven innings, to advance to the title game. In the regular season, OU won the series at home with a 1-0, 10-inning win in the opener and claimed the series in game two; a 12-6 decision. Chris Andritsos took a no-hitter into the seventh before WVU got its first knock in game one. Alex Wise, who saved a run in the top of the 10th with a sliding catch, led off the bottom with a single, stole second with two down and scored on a comebacker off the bat of Ben Hollas that was thrown up the right field line. In game two, Oklahoma overcame a 6-1 deficit to win 12-6. The Sooners totaled 18 hits as Wise went 3-for-5 and Andritsos and Domenic DeRenzo each drove in a pair. The Sooners then posted seven runs in the first during the finale, but the Mountaineers charged back to win 12-7 behind Michael Grove, who entered with two out in the first and went the rest of the way with 13 strikeouts.
THE LAST 19 GAMES
Oklahoma has played 19 consecutive games against RPI top-100 teams beginning with Oklahoma State (3/21). Over that span, the Sooners own a 7-12 record, including 4-3 at home, 3-9 on the road, 6-6 in the Big 12 and 4-6 against ranked opponents. In those 16 games, Steele Walker is hitting a team-best .373 (25-for-67) with a .597 slugging and .481 on-base percentage for a 1.078 OPS with 18 runs scored and 16 driven in. Renae Martinez has driven in 13 runs on a .343 (23-for-67) average. Right-hander Vincenzo Aiello has appeared in seven games out of the bullpen with 18 strikeouts in 10 innings and earned one save.
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